University of Nebraska Medical Center researcher Rebekah Gundry worries she’ll have to scale back her lab where she develops technology to better treat heart disease, the leading killer of Nebraskans. “I don’t even think that I can verbalize in a coherent manner how devastating these cuts will be,” she said. The National Institutes of Health…

Nebraska Innovation Studio recently kicked off the first cohort of the Robotics Fellowship. The fellows are developing projects ranging from automated surgical devices to AI-driven agricultural robots with the intent to develop Nebraska into a robotics hub. The fellowship is part of the Heartland Robotics Cluster, a partnership backed by a $25 million grant from…

What if you could turn a college idea into a thriving business before graduation? That’s what the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program at UNL is helping students achieve. The Engler Enterprise Financing Program provides low-interest loans and hands-on business training, this initiative helps young entrepreneurs bring their dreams to life. Read more about the new program…

Tech Nebraska recently convened a group of technology leaders and policymakers in Lincoln to discuss efforts to support pro-business and pro-growth policies during the 109th Nebraska Unicameral Legislative Session. Tech Nebraska, founded in 2023 in partnership with the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, is the state’s first technology trade association.  Read more about Tech…

In this week’s newsletter we’re taking one more look back at 2024. The most popular stories on SPN last year covered corporate innovation, preparing Nebraska’s workforce to compete in the innovation economy and startup funding announcements. Revisit highlights from the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in Nebraska in the top 10 list on SPN.  Thank you…

Omaha recently found itself at the bottom of Technical.ly’s inaugural Map of Innovation Ecosystems rankings, earning a score of just 0.25 in the Technical.ly Innovation Index. Despite this low ranking, the city excelled in key areas like cost of living and economic mobility, signaling a strong foundation for future growth. In this follow-up story on…

UNO students involved in the Nebraska Deterrence Lab (NDL) have partnered with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to gain real-world experience defending against security threats from space. The UNO team is part of a group of researchers from nine NATO nations collaborating on a series of wargames that started in the Netherlands in spring…

Our friends at Technical.ly just released the first edition of the Map of Innovation Ecosystems, created to rank and benchmark 24 innovation and startup hubs across the U.S. The list includes usual suspects like San Francisco, Boston and Austin. It also includes smaller hubs like Kansas City, Wilmington, Delaware and Omaha. The cities on the…